Comment on “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  100%. An android device will recieve updates for 7 years in the best case scenario (on average more like 4 years), while a steamdeck is fully supported with mainline Linux, so it’ll continue to recieve support for 20 years at a minimum (support for 486 CPU’s from the early 90’s are only just now being dropped).

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• absquatulate@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s not about who wants it. People are already in posesssion of this device. And a lot more are buying them - the number of windows pc users has been plummeting lately, and it’s not in favour of linux but mobile os’es. So if you already posses the device ( walled garden or not ) why not use it as a handheld.

  Problem is this whole article reads like an ad:

  In a surprisingly short amount of time, this project has gone from a curiosity commented on in social media to the bleeding edge of the entire conversation. They move fast. They don’t workshop; they ship. The attitude is less “what if” and more “here.”

  Gimme a break with all this glazing.

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  • doublah@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the number of windows pc users has been plummeting lately, and it’s not in favour of linux but mobile os’es

    Non-gaming PC/Windows users are going down, but PC gamers are at all time highs and still growing.

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• detren@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Considering that this is partially thanks to Valve’s support of the FEX translation layer (x86 to ARM) I think it’s inevitably the next step after testing the waters with the Steam Frame.

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• mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah imagine spending all this time getting it all set up to one day have an update that breaks literally everything. That would suck…

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• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The Steam Frame is ARM powered. They already released a beta of Proton 11 which can run on ARM. People already have tested it on ARM handhelds like the Odin2 with Rocknix

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  • Datz@szmer.info ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If it ends up running well on AYN Thor I might finally upgrade from my 3DS, but one of the only videos I saw tried running Hi-Fi Rush and it didn’t launch, all the other examples were indies which I assume are playable anyway.

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• AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  True, the only gaming focused custom rom I’m aware of is Gamma OS, and while it’s a great effort, the lone developer is not keeping up with the plethora of devices coming out.

  Right now the Linux distros for these devices are weak JELOS-style barebones types. I’m looking forward to the days when I can run full fledged Debian-based distros on these.

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• vogi@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel the same. Seems like you can easily install something like RockNIX on one of those handhelds running Android, but having a big name like Valve releasing an ARM-powered Switch Lite looking handheld would really push things.

  Cannot remember when the last time was that I was that excited for the future of gaming :)

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• Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Who wants to use an increasingly locked down operating system?

  What’s the alternative? Keep in mind: we’re talking about a primary phone used for calls, texts, navigation, banking, payments, photography, and social media.

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